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The victory snapped the Jets' two-game losing skid -- they were outscored 10-1 by Washington in those losses -- and keeps them atop the NHL Southeast Division and the third seed in the Eastern Conference.

Tampa ends a three-game road trip without a win.

While the Lightning spent a lot of the first period in Winnipeg's end, it was the Jets who scored first when Little sent a wrist shot over Desjardins' glove at 14:02.

Tampa outshot the Jets 12-8 in the opening period.

Winnipeg made it 2-0 just 11 seconds after Lightning centre Tyler Johnson was called for tripping early in the second.

Byfuglien curled into the middle of the left faceoff circle and blasted a low shot that went between Desjardins' pads at 2:24. He has nine points in his last eight games.

Tampa quickly got its own power-play goal after Jets right-winger Chris Thorborn was sent off for kneeing Teddy Purcell.

Seven seconds later, Stamkos one timed a high shot past Pavelec at 6:20.

High-sticking penalties by Winnipeg's Zach Bogosian and Tampa's Martin St. Louis put the teams in a four-on-four situation.

Enstrom, in his first game back after missing 19 games with a shoulder injury, took a pass from Andrew Ladd directly in front of Desjardins and beat the goalie with a high shot to make it 3-1 at 9:35.

Pavelec made a highlight reel save with about four minutes left in the period when three Lightning players came in alone on him and he whipped out his glove to catch a shot by Conacher.

Tampa had a 19-17 edge in shots on goal after the middle frame.

Another 4-on-4 situation set up the Lightning's second goal when Eric Brewer's shot from the point was deflected into the net by Conacher at 5:01 of the third.

Notes -- The Jets are 12-1-0 when leading after the second period this season a Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd's assist gave him eight points in his last eight games a It was the third of four games between the clubs this season, with Winnipeg taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

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